The Flowers of War 2011
金陵十三钗
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan's rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 故乡 故鄉 | home; homeland; native place | |
| 暖和 暖和 | warm; nice and warm | |
| 动人 動人 | touching; moving | |
| 不光 不光 | not the only one; not only | |
| 解开 解開 | to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery) | |
| 学费 學費 | tuition fee; tuition | |
| 干吗 幹嗎 | see 干嘛 | |
| 不安 不安 | unpeaceful; unstable; uneasy; disturbed; restless; worried | |
| 家乡 家鄉 | hometown; native place | |
| 缺少 缺少 | lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack | |
| 春 旾 | spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life | |
| 往往 往往 | usually; in many cases; more often than not | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 演唱 演唱 | sung performance; to sing for an audience | |
| 裤子 褲子 | trousers; pants | |
| 功夫 功夫 | skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 传说 傳說 | legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 看起来 看起來 | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be | |
| 围 圍 | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 前进 前進 | to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward | |
| 坚强 堅強 | staunch; strong | |
| 缺 缺 | deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of | |
| 连续 連續 | continuous; in a row; serial; consecutive | |
| 工具 工具 | tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc) | |
| 专门 專門 | specialist; specialized; customized | |
| 尽量 儘量 | as much as possible; to the greatest extent | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 印象 印象 | impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 化 化 | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 信任 信任 | to trust; to have confidence in | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 咖啡 咖啡 | coffee (loanword) | |
| 布 佈 | cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known | |
| 压 壓 | to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure |